"Doxy" is an early composition by jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins

Sonny Rollins

Theodore Walter "Sonny" Rollins is a Grammy-winning American jazz tenor saxophonist. Rollins is widely recognized as one of the most important and influential jazz musicians. A number of his compositions, including "St...

. It first appeared on the 1954

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 Miles Davis

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Miles Dewey Davis III was an American jazz musician, trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. Widely considered one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, Miles Davis was, with his musical groups, at the forefront of several major developments in jazz music, including bebop, cool jazz,...

 album Bags' Groove

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Bags' Groove is a jazz album recorded by Miles Davis in 1954 for Prestige Records. Both takes of the title track come from a session on December 24, 1954 . The rest of the album was recorded earlier in the year, on 29 June. Bags' Groove is a jazz album recorded by Miles Davis in 1954 for Prestige...

, performed by Davis on trumpet, Rollins on tenor saxophone, Horace Silver

Horace Silver

Horace Silver , born Horace Ward Martin Tavares Silva in Norwalk, Connecticut, is an American jazz pianist and composer....

 on piano, Percy Heath

Percy Heath

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 on bass, and Kenny Clarke

Kenny Clarke

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 on drums. When Rollins eventually established his own record label, he named it Doxy Records. The chords are from Bob Carleton's 16-bar song, "Ja-Da

Ja-Da

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".

"Doxy" has become a jazz standard

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, a frequently performed and recorded part of many musicians' repertoires. "Doxy" was written by Sonny Rolling during his stopover in England on a European tour. Its name is given after a bread-spread

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that the band was eating in the hotel .